COROS vs Live Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
COROS
Enhance your fitness journey with detailed daily data, activity summaries, and advanced navigation tools. Customize your devices, download training plans, and seamlessly sync with popular third-party health platforms.
- Daily data tracking (sleep, steps, calories)
- Activity summaries for all sports
- Map and route management
- Device and personal settings customization
- Third-party app integration
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The COROS app is your tool to help improve your fitness, download training plans, navigate with confidence, customize your devices, and more. The app will help you to track, and view: - Daily Data such as Sleep, Steps, Calories and more - Activity Summaries for all sports recorded on your watch - The Explore Page to manage maps, routes, and saved locations - Profile Page to customize your watch and personal settings - Connect and sync to 3rd party apps like Apple HealthKit, Google Health Connect, Strava, and more Note: - Sync steps, heart rate and other data to Apple devices using HealthKit - Continuous background use of GPS can decrease battery life
Live Run
Track your running statistics in real-time, even with your screen locked. This minimal app requires no account setup, allowing you to start your workout immediately after downloading.
- Live Activities for locked screen stats
- Real-time distance tracking
- Real-time pace tracking
- Real-time heart rate monitoring
- Minimalist interface
- No account required
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Live Run allows you to see up to date stats on your run, even when locked using Live Activities. We've kept it as minimal as possible - no accounts, just download and start running.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Live Run at 100% against COROS's 54%. Live Run also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3). COROS's advantage is ratings volume (796 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Live Run holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: COROS has 796 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of COROS's written reviews are positive against 100% of Live Run's.
COROS ships an update every 2 weeks, Live Run every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | COROS | Live Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (796 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 796 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 856 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | COROS Wearables Inc. | Tom Hollingsworth |
Customer experience
COROS
Live Run
Bugs and requests
COROS
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes frequently
- Inability to log in or sync data
- Inconsistent data between watch and app
- Elevation/GPS tracking issues
- Strength training mode not working properly
Requested features
5 requests- Add more watch face options
- Improve sleep tracking accuracy
- Integrate with Apple Health app
- Add ability to edit/delete activities
- Provide more customization options
Live Run
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
COROS
No in-app purchases
Live Run
No in-app purchases
